palestra
- n a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
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- Palestra cast aside as site of post-season tournament
Even though the first men’s hoops tourney is played in Memphis, the Palestra will remain a potential site for future tourneys, since both the women’s and men’s tournaments are both expected to move on a rotating basis.
June 13, 2013 - Daily Pennsylvanian
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- Fran Dunphy in SportingNews.com
It's always special to go to the Palestra,Dunphy said Tuesday. "The emotions will be different because the guys that I'm coaching against I had a chance for a number of years to coach them. It's special in a lot of ways." - Roy Williams in Winston-Salem Journal
Bobby thought it would be nice for their program and nice for him,Williams said. "I'm dumb enough to play a home-and-home at Princeton several years ago when I was at Kansas and take a team to The Palestra just because our radio announcer... - Geno Auriemma in Connecticut Post
For me, going back is going to be as meaningful, maybe even more so, than the Villanova games when you go back to Philadelphia or playing at the Palestra because we just don't get the chance to visit down there,Auriemma said. "There's just...